US3513032A - Electrolytic cycle for a fuel cell having a semi-permeable membrane - Google Patents

Electrolytic cycle for a fuel cell having a semi-permeable membrane Download PDF

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US3513032A
US3513032A US708034A US3513032DA US3513032A US 3513032 A US3513032 A US 3513032A US 708034 A US708034 A US 708034A US 3513032D A US3513032D A US 3513032DA US 3513032 A US3513032 A US 3513032A
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Bernard Warszawski
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/08—Fuel cells with aqueous electrolytes
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    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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  • the present invention relates to fuel cells, and more particularly to fuel cells in which a pair of half-cells are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, and each one of the half-cells is supplied with electrolyte, having a suitable reaction agent added thereto.
  • Fuel cell batteries are known that can consume reagents constituted by any of the following: (a) soluble regenerated oxidation-reduction systems; (b) soluble non-regenerated oxidants and reductants; (c) gaseous or liquid oxidants and reducing agents that are insoluble in the electrolyte; (d) an oxidant belonging to one of the above categories and a reductant belonging to another of these categories.
  • reagents constituted by any of the following: (a) soluble regenerated oxidation-reduction systems; (b) soluble non-regenerated oxidants and reductants; (c) gaseous or liquid oxidants and reducing agents that are insoluble in the electrolyte; (d) an oxidant belonging to one of the above categories and a reductant belonging to another of these categories.
  • Each of the above reagents is either dissolved or suspended or emulsified in an electrolyte.
  • Each cell is made of two half-cells separated by a semipermeable membrane, and the electrolyte carrying one of the reagents circulates through one of the half-cells, while the electrolyte carrying the other reagent circulates through the second half-cell.
  • the electrolytic circuit may be open, in which case it is necessary to have a solvent reserve to supply the electrolyte; or the electrolytic circuit may be closed, in which case the electrolyte or portions of electrolyte are recycled after having traversed regenerating devices.
  • Closed electrolyte cycles require that the electrolytes or portions of electrolytes, which perform a certain number of functions, must remain unchanged at the end of each cycle.
  • One solution is to provide two independent loops, one for the anodic electrolyte or portion of the anodic electrolyte, the other for the cathodic electrolyte or portion of the cathodic electrolyte; each loop passes through all of the corresponding half-cells, and is provided with a feed device placing the corresponding reagent with the solution or emulsion and, if desired, with a separating device to remove reaction byproducts.
  • This form of closed cycle is simple, and the most commonly used, but it involves a number of difficulties.
  • two barnch loops are joined in a single trunk at the bottom of the cell and then again separated.
  • the single branch permits the mixing of the electrolytes as they come out of the cell, and consequently assures their reconstitution or rehomogenization from the acid-base standpoint. Also assured is the rehomogenization of the electrolytes from the standpoint of the water, or more generally of the solvent, and the rehomogenization of all components present in solution.
  • the fuel cell is made up of two half-cells: cathode halfcell 1 and anode half-cell 2, separated by a semi-permeable membrane 3.
  • a cathodic electrolyte circulates in a closed loop 4 and is fed, by a conduit 5, a reagent flowing from a reservoir 6.
  • an anodic electrolyte circulates in a closed loop 7 and is fed, by a conduit 8, a reagent flowing from a reservoir 9.
  • the two loops 4 and 7 are joined together to form a single trunk 13 situated at the bottom of half-cells 1 and 2.
  • a partial mixture can be obtained by feeding only a fraction 1/ n of the total flow from each loop into the common trunk, rather than its entire amount.
  • an acidic-basic butler concentration (acid, base, or butter mixture) can be added to the initial electrolyte such that the concentration of the least concentrated component, in its normal state, is, at the inlet of the cell just suflicient. Under these conditions the energy loss due to mixing will be no more than the fraction 1/11 of the loss that would occur in the case of total mixture.
  • Bypass valves 24, 27, and connection lines 23, 25 reduce the portion of the electrolyte being applied to common trunk 13.
  • a fuel cell having a semi-permeable membrane dividing the cell into an anodic halfcell and a cathodic half-cell, in combination with means supplying electrolyte to the cell, comprising means to circulate the anodic electrolyte in a first closed loop including the anodic half-cell;
  • injection means connected to at least one of said loops to inject a reagent into the electrolyte in the loop; and a common trunk connection connected to the respective outlets of both said half-cells, said trunk being common to, and forming part of said two loops in which the electrolyte circulates and providing for mixing of electrolyte derived from said two loops.

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US6087029A (en) * 1998-01-06 2000-07-11 Aer Energy Resources, Inc. Water recovery using a bi-directional air exchanger for a metal-air battery
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